Wednesday 13 July 2011

Imo 10,000 jobs: Only 2,035 genuine – Committee

The Imo government 10,000 jobs verification committee, on Tuesday submitted itsreport to government. The committee found out that only 2,035 of the 10,000 jobs said tobe given to youths were genuine.
The Ikedi Ohakim-led administration in its last week in office, announced the job offer, which Gov. Rochas Okorocha suspended in June and set up the verification committee in that regard.
Presenting the report to the Secretary to theGovernment of Imo (SSI), Prof. Anthony Anwuka, the committee’s Chairman,Mr Charles Onuoha, said that only 8,211 beneficiaries of the said employment scheme showed up forverification.
Onuoha said that the verification which covered the period between Oct. 2010 andApril 2011, was thorough and devoid ofany victimisation.
The chairman said some of the offers were “politically-motivated” because some public officers involved in the exercisecompromised their positions.(Vanguard Newspaper)

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